Momella lakes
The Momella Lakes (also Momela Lakes) are a series of smaller lakes in the Arusha National Park in Tanzania . They are located in the northeast of the national park and are only partially filled with water all year round. The Momella lakes are alkaline and salty. They are mainly fed by groundwater and are characterized by a high fluorine content .
The Momella lakes are called among others
- Great Lake Momella
- Small Momella lake
- Rishateni lake
- Tulusia lake
- Lekandiro lake
- Kekhotoito Lake
- Kusare lake
Emergence
The lakes were formed when a violent eruption of Mount Meru , similar to the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 , collapsed the east wall of the crater about 6000 years ago and a stream of water, mud and stones poured east into the steppe. Another collapse of the caldera , 1,800 years later, changed the course of the river that fed the lakes and isolates all lakes except Lake Momella.
Animals
Sometimes thousands of flamingos live on the lakes, which can sometimes turn the shallow water pink. The Momella Lakes feed a variety of native and migratory water birds.
photos
View of the Momella Lakes from Mount Meru
Flamingos at the Great Momella Lake
Small Momella lake
